The narrative behind the viral photo of a polar bear starving, reportedly thanks to climate change, has been called into question by the National Geographic photographer who took it in the first place.

TOKYO, July 26: The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed Thursday for a series of crimes in the 1990s including a sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 people.

KATHMANDU, July 20: Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has urged the government to immediately hold talks with Dr Govinda KC and save his life by fulfilling his demands.

BAGLUNG, July 8: Preliminary investigation into the jeep accident launched by the police has determined overload and over speed to be the causes of accident at Syangboche of Lo Ghekar Damodarkunda Rural Municipality of Mustang last Friday.

TOKYO, July 6: Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and six of his followers were executed Friday for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes, closing a chapter on one of Japan’s most shocking crimes in recent memory.

Mahesh Shah* was tricked by a ‘friend’ and sentenced to seven years in jail on a drug possession charge. He has served his term and is now a free man but, in his case, being free comes with its fair share of baggage. Though, now at 38, he works as a laborer and has a loving family, he confesses that his days out in the world hasn’t been much better than the time he was in jail.

KATHMANDU, March 10: Province 6, 7, and 2 lag behind in overall development indicators, while the indicators of province 3 are at the top in almost all categories, says a study report on Nepal’s provinces.

PANCHTHAR, Mar 5: Infrastructure development projects run by UNNATI-Inclusive Growth Program, a Nepal-Denmark development cooperation, in seven hilly districts of Province 1 are progressing at a very slow pace.

BARCELONA, Jan 8: Real Madrid’s faltering title defence continued as they were held to a thrilling 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo on Sunday which saw them fall 16 points behind runaway leaders Barcelona, who beat Levante 3-0 to stay nine points clear at the top of La Liga.

KATHMANDU, Dec 25: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has found herself between a rock and a hard place as the political standoff over an election ordinance shows no signs of ending almost three weeks after the completion of the parliamentary and provincial elections.

UDAYAPUR, Nov 30: The District Police Office, Udayapur has today arrested the mastermind behind the ambushing of the vehicle carrying the House of Representatives election candidate Narayan Bahadur Karki of the Nepali Congress at Danuwarbensi, Udayapurgadhi rural municipality-6 on Wednesday.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Nov 26: Keeping aside their reconstruction works, residents of Sindhupalchowk have turned in to cast their votes in excitement. As of 1:30 PM, around 50% of votes have been cast, the Office of the Chief Election Officer said.

CHITWAN, Nov 21: A bomb disposal squad of the Nepalese Army has defused a bomb planted by an unidentified group behind the house of Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation, Bikram Pandey, at Bharatpur Metropolitan City-2, this morning.

This spring, I made another attempt of renewing my licence at the transport management office in Ekantakuna. Prior to this, I had made an attempt early this year to get a new licence. After devoting three days and nearly 12 hours every day, the verdict came to a dark end when I stepped my foot while circling the number eight.

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a condition that is marked by a pattern of inattention or hyperactivity, which interferes with the development and functioning of the brain. There are a lot of children who aren’t diagnosed but have this disorder and are constantly under pressure from their parents to sit still and concentrate on what they are doing. The Week talked to Dr Ravi Raj Timasina, psychiatrist at Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, to know more about this disorder and how kids with the disorder should be handled.

At least 1.94 percent of total population of Nepal has some kind of disability. Persons with disabilities, living in remote rural areas, experience a number of challenges, including illiteracy, poverty and malnutrition. These challenges seem insurmountable for the disabled.

MANILA, June 4: Philippine police on Sunday identified the gunman behind an attack on a casino that killed 36 people as a heavily indebted local man addicted to gambling, ruling out any involvement by Islamic militants.

CHHITWAN, May 17: UML mayoral candidate Devi Gyawali continues to take the lead in the race for the mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City with 6735 votes, compared to 4987 votes garnered by his closest rival Maoist Center mayoral candidate Renu Dahal.

When it comes to abdominal cramps, it’s hard to draw the line between normal pain and too much pain. Dr Rangina Laikangbam, gynecologist at Alka Hospital, Jawalakhel, says that although severe cramps may be just that, there might be other reasons behind the pain. The Week talked to her to understand the reasons behind the cramps and how you can take care of yourself.

These may still be early days for the ban put on public vehicles older than 20 years, but Basanta Adhikari, head of the Department of Transport Management (DoTM), Ekantakuna division, expresses much pride in the effectiveness of the implementation so far.

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) Governor Chiranjibi Nepal has said that the present mismatch between deposit collection and loan mobilization was because of the lack of financial discipline in bank and financial institutions (BFIs).

Small details make big differences; this cannot be truer when it comes to checking up on an airplane. Every inch of the craft needs the staffs’ full attention. As such, aircraft inspections need to be very precise.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi on Friday directed the chiefs of security agencies to carry out a thorough investigation into the gold smuggling and nab the kingpin at the earliest.

KATHMANDU, Jan 4: The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police on Wednesday arrested two people on the charge of spreading terror saying that if the telephone call with red numbers on display were received, something bad would happen to the receiver.

ISTANBUL, Dec 11: Turkey said on Sunday that Kurdish militants may be responsible for the two bombs that killed 29 people and wounded 166 in an apparent coordinated attack on police outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul after a match between two top teams.

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Majority of international non-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (I/NGOs) involved in the reconstruction and rehabilitation work do not submit their monthly progress report to the National Reconstruction Authority (NRA), according to the authority.